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Headword:
Amorgis
Adler number: alpha,1626
Translated headword: mallow-stalk
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Properly [this means] fine flax, from which is made garments called amorginian. Or the sediment of the olive and the lees of the wine.[1]
The mallow-stalk is like unscutched flax. They peel it and work it. It is very fine in the category of cotton or linen.[2]
Greek Original:Amorgis: kuriôs hê linokalamê, ex hês ginetai endumata amorgina legomena. ê hê tou elaiou hupostathmê kai hê trux tou oinou. esti de hê amorgis homoion alepistôi linôi. perilepizousi de auto kai ergazontai. esti de sphodra lepton hupo tên busson ê tên karpason.
Notes:
The first part of this entry is also in
Photius (
Lexicon alpha1224 Theodoridis). See LSJ entry at web address 1.
[1] From the
scholia to
Plato,
Letters 363A (#13), where there is mention of "expensive Amorginian" garments.
[2] From the
scholia to
Aristophanes,
Lysistrata 735, where the headword occurs. Either of the last two nouns,
bu/ssos and
ka/rpasos may mean either linen or cotton. But see the comments and bibliography to
alpha 1623; also
alpha 1624,
alpha 1625,
alpha 1627.
Web address 1
Keywords: botany; clothing; comedy; definition; geography; philosophy; science and technology; trade and manufacture
Translated by: Oliver Phillips â on 14 April 2001@10:54:04.
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